Your Stories - Lorissa

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Lorissa is pure serotonin in human form and a grade A honey!! She’ll stare into your soul, make you laugh till you snort, cry mid-conversation, then hand you a tissue and a pep talk all in one breath. The team adored her from the get go, within minutes of her first call Bess was reporting “this one’s special.”

You’d never guess, meeting her, how much she’s lived through. The kind of childhood that leaves a scar in your bones. The kind of betrayal that would make most people build walls so high no one ever gets in. But Lorissa? She kicked the walls down, grabbed the bricks, and built herself a foundation instead.

She’s endured violence, abuse, addiction, survival, and the slow, deliberate work of healing. She talks about it the way only someone truly self-aware can: with humour, honesty, and zero self-pity. She’s the definition of a cycle breaker, and she’s raising her kids to know love doesn’t have to hurt.

She came to Crooked wanting to see her body differently. Not smaller. Not “better.” Just hers. The same body that kept her alive, birthed her babies, held her through every ugly, glorious rebuild. She said she wanted to stop waiting for the next milestone before allowing herself to feel proud.

In the studio she was a bright light. Nervous, real, cracking jokes between deep breaths. Pri met her energy beat for beat, it felt less like a shoot and more like two women conspiring to reclaim something sacred.

The excitement from getting to show this national treasure their glorious self on the big screen was palpable!! Her viewing was filled with the kind of contagious, belly-laughing, tear-wiping joy. Seeing herself through new eyes hit different. You could see the shift, the moment she realised none of the people who hurt her won. She did.

Lorissa is light and fire, softness and bite. You’ve turned every kind of pain into purpose and still manage to light up every single room you walk into. Never ever lose that light!